Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.

You are going somewhere. Every day. Every experience you get. You're moving forward.

Right on through today, my lungs and stamina are my engine. I'm not nearly the strongest guy or the most flexible, but I can definitely sustain pace on the mountain.

The way we approached Meru, and the way we approach a lot of these mountains, is with humility. A sense of, 'Is it going to give us passage?' Your mental attitude can affect the outcome.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

A lot of why I climb is for the friendship, the loyalty and trust, the shared experience of being in that moment.

Self awareness is only powerful when knowledge is understood and applied, only then can it manifest into true wisdom!

Death comes as it pleases

In my 20s, I railed against anything 'spiritual', I thought it was all crap.

Take me disappearing, through the smoke rings of my mind, down the foggy ruins of time.

When Harvard men say they have graduated from Radcliffe, then we've made it.

We're all in different scenarios, we all make mistakes, we all break stuff, but we're not perfect, we couldn't [be] - it doesn't matter what you build.

Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, three men who stabbed him 16 times.

One of the torturous things about my job is that, as time goes on, you get more and more clarity on all the things you've screwed up and all the mistakes you've made.

You should never want to be a one position player. If you're a real basketball player, you should be able to play any position. That's the difference between really good players and average players.

I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.